Liquid dispenser



R. B. MISCIONE LIQUID DISPENSER Filed Dec. 2

June 23, 1953 R. as W I A .B N R Patented June 23, 1953 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LIQUID DISPENSER Robert B. Miscione, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application December 2, 1949, Serial No. 130,668

This invention relates to liquid dispensers, and more particularly to a dispenser in the form of a simulated cow for dispensing milk or cream.

It is among the objects of the invention to provide a novelty milk o cream dispenser which is manually operated to dispense milk or cream in measured quantities and which is in the form of a simulated cow having an udder from which the milk is dispensed, which maintains the dispensing mechanism normally empty and free of milk to prevent clogging of the mechanism and.

other undesirable effects, which includes a large capacity container or reservoir which is formed directly in the body portion of the simulated animal, and which is easy to fill, which dispenser is easy to clean and sterilize, and is simple and durablein construction, economical to manufacture, and neat and attractive in appearance.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration'of th following description and the appended claims in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a liquid dispenser illustrative of the invention, a portion being broken away and shown in cross-section to better illustrate the construction thereof;

Figure 2 is a transverse cross-section on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a cross-section of a fragmentary portion of the dispenser taken on the line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is across-sectional view on the line ifl of Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of a fragmentary portion of a supporting leg for the dispenser taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

With continued reference to the drawing, the dispenser comprises, in general, a hollow body ll] simulating a cow and having a head ll, front legs I2, rear legs l3, and a tail [4, a simulated udder l5 detachably secured to the body 10, a valve cylinder It in the hollow, simulated udder, valve mechanism I! in the cylinder I6 and means [8 pivotally mounting the tail It on the body and operatively connecting the tail to the valve ll.

The body In may be formed of any suitable material, such as synthetic resin plastic, ceramic material or metal, and closely simulates the ap pearance of a dairy cow in diminished size. The head II is provided with a movable portion [9 which is connected at one end to the body by a hinge 2t and can be raised, as indicated in broken lines in Figure 1, to provide a filling open- 1 Claim. (Cl. 222365) ing for the body. The interior of the hollow body constitutes a milk or cream reservoir and no separate container or receptacle is used in the body for this purpose.

Each of the legs is provided, at its lower or outer end, with a ball roller 22, formed of glass or other suitable material, to facilitate movement of the dispenser over a smooth surface, such as a table top.

At the usual location of the udder, the body ID is provided with a circular, screw threaded opening 23, and the hollow structure l5, simulating the udder, is provided with an externally screw threaded flange or boss 24 which is threaded into the opening 23. The boss 24 is somewhat smaller in diameter than the adjacent portion of the body Ill, so that an annular shoulder 25 is provided which bears against the outer side of the'body ll! around the opening 23 to limit movement of the structure 15 into the body. If desired, a suitable sealing gasket may be interposed between the body and the shoulder 25.

At its side opposite the boss 24, the uddersimulating structure I5 is provided with four hollow protuberances 26 simulating the teats depending from the udder, and each of these protuberances is provided, in its outer end, with a liquid dispensing aperture 21.

The valve cylinder [6 is formed separately from the udder and is open at both ends. An annular flange 28 surrounds the cylinder at one end of the latter and this flange is peripherally screw threaded into the opening 23 inwardly of the open end of the udder structure l5 so that the cylinder is disposed in the hollow. udder strucure.

Near its upper end the wall of the cylinder I6 is annularly inclined to provide a tapered valve seat 29, and a valve piston 30 disposed in the cylinder near the upper end of the latter cooperates with this valve seat to open and close the upper end of the cylinder. Near its lower end the cylinder is provided with a series of annularly arranged, spaced-apart ports 34 and a second valve piston 32 is disposed in the cylinder near the lower end of the latter and is movable to open and close these ports.

A valve stem 35 extends through the cylinder and through the valve pistons 30 and 32 and connects these valve pistons together in spacedapart, substantially parallel relationship. A spider bearing 36 secured in the cylinder, intermediate the length thereof, slidably receives the stem 35 to guide the stem in its movements longitudinally of the cylinder.

The pistons 30 and 32 are connected together in a manner such that when both pistons are moved upwardly until the upper piston 30 leaves the seat 29 and opens the upper end of the cylinder to the interior of the body 10, the lower piston 32 will be moved above the ports 34, so that liquid cannot flow from the lower end of the cylinder. Liquid from the interior of the body will then flow into the cylinder past the valve piston 30 until the .cylinder-is-filled, buttcannot flo'wout" of the cylinder. When the valve pistons are'sub sequently moved, the upper piston 30 will seat on the valve seat 29 closing the upper end of the cylinder, and the lower piston 32 will uncover.

the port 34 permitting the liquid in the cylinder to flow out through these ports intotheuinteriori of the hollow structure [5 from. whichit flows into the protuberances 26 and out of the dispensing apertures 21.

The means l8 pivotally mounting the tail on the body-.-and-connecting the tail to the movablevalve structure comprises a lever extension 31 secured to theupper end of the-tail and .projecting into the body, a pivot pin-38-eXtending throughrthis lever extension intermediate 7 its length, and pivotally connecting the leverextene sionrto the. body, and a link 39. pivotally. connected at its upper end to the end .of the lever extension 3? remote from, the tail [4 and pivotally connected at its lower end to the upper end of the. :valve stem 35,

With this construction, when the lower portion of the tail is movedtoward the hindilegs'of the device, the valve stem 35. will be raised to permit the cylinder to fill with-liquid-contained in-the hOHOWI'bOdSL' Asuitable spring Ail-is interposed between-the tail l4 and the adjacent end of the bodyrand. when the manual pressure on the tail is released, thisspring will resiliently force the tail outwardly away from the body causing the two valve pistonsto descend int-he cylinderv l6 and the liquid to be dispensed from. thecylinder through the dispensing. aperturesfl, asexplained above. 7

The invention may beembodied in .other'specific forms without departing from the spirit or essen-v tialcharacteristic thereof Thepresent enbodis;

0 Number ment is, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claim rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claim are, therefore, intended to be embraced therein.

What is claimed is:

In a measuring valve, a hollow cylindrical valve body'iopen at its ends, one end of saidyalve body being formed with'a valve seatya spider bearing fixed in and extending across the interior of the body and spaced from the ends of the body, a valve stem extending axially through said body and slidably supported through said spider, said stembeingformed with first and second valve pistons spacedtherealong and positioned at opposite sides of said spider, the sidewall of said valve body=being formed with circumferentially spaced ports located close to the end of the valve body remote from said valve "seat, said second valve piston being slidably engaged 1 with the-sidewall of said-cylindrical valve body and said firstvalve piston being engageable with said seat, said valve pistons'being'arranged' on the valve stem so that: With-saidfirst:valve-piston in a firstposition-in engagement with :saidseat said second valvepiston' is below said'ports remote from-saidvalveseat: and ma second'nnseated position of said first valve piston said second valvepiston isabove the'ports' nearer to the valveseat, the ports being unocclu-ded; by-said second valve piston except in the passing 'ofsaid second valve piston between the two positions offsaid first valve piston;

ROBERT"B. MISCIONE.

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